Varnish



Patented Nov. 14,1922.

"UNITED: stares mum-1m GUSTAVE rfrsoirnn, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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To all whom it concern;

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE Tiisorinn, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at six grams of sandalwoodextract.

' Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Varnish, of'which the followingis aspecification.

My said invention consists in a combination of ingredients for and theprocess of manufacture of a varnish or polish designed for automobilesurfaces and kindred uses, said varnish being not only of a. lustrousbut a water-proof and weather-proof character, all as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed. i

Said varnish consists of the ingredients hereinafter specified insubstantially v the proportion and compounded in the following manner: Ii

I take one and one-'fourthpounds of india white gum i. e. elasticbleached white shellac, to one gallon of water andboil the same togetherand then add one-fourth pound of caustic soda. After thoroughdissolution of the gum and the mixing of the lye therewith the productis allowed to dry and is then pulverized. and dissolved in three quartsof debased alcoholof 0.950 specific gravity to which has been added sixgrams D. C. shellac, three grams benzoin gum of Siam, five grams gumelemi, one-half pint artists oil, clear,-i. eafiltered petroleum,one-quarterpint oil of rose, and one-fourth pound free fatty vegetableacid, good quality; The same is filtered and to whichis then added Thiswill make a clear transparent impervious to water and capable ofresistlng the action of the sun andweather. It'can be made any colordesired by adding soluble coloring matter. It maybe applied with a finebrush, cotton or cloth. Will dry quickly and with a brilliant gloss.

liquid Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial No. 343,487.

Having thus fully described said invention, What I claim asneW anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1 A Weather-proof {coating or varnish cons stlng of 1nd1a white gum,water, soda,

elemiffiltered petroleum, oil of rose,'free' fatty vegetable acid, andsandalwood extract. v v m 2. The process of preparing a varnish poundsof india white gum in one gallon of water adding one and one-quarterpounds of caustic soda, then drying, pulverizing alcohol,,shellac,benZOingumofSiam, gum I comprising boiling one and one-quarter I anddissolving the same in three quarts of alcohol, and'including shellac,benzoin gum I of Siam, gum elemi,filtered petroleum, Ol'l tions setforth. e V

3.'The method of preparing a varnish whichconsists inboiling india whitegum in the proportion ofone-quarter pound of india I white gum in onegallon of water, adding thereto one-quarter poundof caustic soda,

allowing thesame'to dry, then pulverizing, then dissolving in threequarts of-alcohol to which-has been added si'x grarns of D. C.

of rose,,fr-ee fatty vegetable acid and sandal- I wood extract,substantially in the ,pr'opor shellac,three grams ofbenzoin gum of Siam,

five grams of gum 'elemi, one-half'pint of

